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Case Name	Blanchard v. Wyoming Department of Corrections	PC-WY-0008
Docket / Court	1:17-cv-00124-SWS ( D. Wyo. )
Additional Docket(s)	18-8020 [ 18-8020 ] Federal Court of Appeals
State/Territory	Wyoming
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Attorney Organization	ACLU National (all projects)
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Affected Gender

Female

Constitutional Clause

Equal Protection

Content of Injunction

Preliminary relief denied

Defendant-type

Corrections

Discrimination-basis

Gender identity

General

Conditions of confinement

Counseling

Disciplinary procedures

Rehabilitation

Totality of conditions

Transportation

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Wyoming Wyoming Women's Center
Plaintiff Description	A woman sentenced to 6-10 years in prison and eligible for Wyoming's boot camp program
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU National (all projects)
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet None
Source of Relief	None yet None
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources


	Wyoming’s Boot Camp Program for Young, First-Time Offenders Openly Discriminates Against Women in Favor of Men aclu.org Date: Jul. 26, 2017 By: Stephan Pevar (ACLU) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]

Documents

Docket(s)

1:17-cv-00124-SWS (D. Wyo.)
PC-WY-0008-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 03/28/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] PC-WY-0008-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/18/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Amended Complaint [ECF# 43] PC-WY-0008-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/19/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Denying Motion for Preliminary Injunction [ECF# 57] (D. Wyo.) PC-WY-0008-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/09/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Denying Plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification [ECF# 58] (D. Wyo.) PC-WY-0008-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/13/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Denying Motion to Dismiss [ECF# 64] (D. Wyo.) PC-WY-0008-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/03/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint and Denying Plaintiff's Motion for Reconsideration [ECF# 82] (D. Wyo.) PC-WY-0008-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/20/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Skavdahl, Scott Wesley (D. Wyo.) PC-WY-0008-0003 \| PC-WY-0008-0004 \| PC-WY-0008-0005 \| PC-WY-0008-0006 \| PC-WY-0008-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Crank Bramlet, Marci Anne (Wyoming) PC-WY-0008-9000
	Pevar, Stephen L. (Connecticut) PC-WY-0008-0001 \| PC-WY-0008-0002 \| PC-WY-0008-9000
	Robinson, John H (Wyoming) PC-WY-0008-0001 \| PC-WY-0008-0002 \| PC-WY-0008-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Berkness, Rachel M (Wyoming) PC-WY-0008-9000
	Daraie, Justin Ashkhan (Wyoming) PC-WY-0008-9000
	White, Daniel E (Wyoming) PC-WY-0008-9000